Q&A: Spending Review
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Chancellor George Osborne has outlined the government's spending plans for 2015/16. Here's a guide to the event.
What is a Spending Review?
Why does it matter?
What period does it cover?
Why is it such a short period?
So Labour could reverse all of the cuts if they win the next election?
Why is the Spending Review being held now?
What is in this Spending Review?
Who gets spared?
So, what are the cuts?
How do departments make these savings?
What happened in the last Spending Review?
Why are more cuts needed now?
Will this be the final round of public spending cuts?